🔈 AVIAN FUTURES KEYNOTE Paul Woodcock - JNCC Understanding future biodiversity change to help inform environmental policies and targets #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York, UK Register now to join us: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Early-bird deadline: 28 August #ornithology 🪶

🔈 AVIAN FUTURES KEYNOTE Jane Reid - NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen Predicting escape from climate change in wild bird populations #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York, UK Register now to join us: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Early-bird deadline: 28 August #ornithology 🪶

🔈 AVIAN FUTURES KEYNOTE Stephen Pringle - Uni of Kent Automated insights: transforming the future of bird monitoring #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York, UK Register now to join us: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Early-bird deadline: 28 August #ornithology 🪶

Still time to come and join us in York!

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · last wk.

📢 REGISTER NOW! #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Check out the programme and register now Online attendance available bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

First 🐰 forecast challenges are up and running thanks to the excellent work by @sanneevers.bsky.social presenting at ECCB 2026. Check them out here: donanadt.lifewatch.dev/app/donana-f... & contribute your own forecast! Winners will be announced by the end of summer - and will get a 👕

2-day Scientific Meeting on "Forecasting ecological dynamics" hosted by the Royal Society in London on 2-3 November 2026. Virtual and in-person attendance available. Advanced registration is essential. Find details at: royalsociety.org/science-even...

I'm excited to announce that the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are now published in Peer Community Journal peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

Joel Pick@joelpick.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚨Introducing the @sortee.bsky.social Guidelines for Data and Code Quality Control in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology🚨 doi.org/10.32942/X24... Increasingly E&E journals are recruiting data editors. We provide standardised guidelines for journals with data editors and those wanting to recruit them 🧵

Abstract deadline Friday 27th Feb! Submit this week to join us in York for a look at the future of birds, research, monitoring, and conservation.

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 6mo ago

🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom ➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge) ➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent) ➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen) ➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC) Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE Paul Woodcock - JNCC Understanding future biodiversity change to help inform environmental policies and targets Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb #ornithology🪶

🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE Jane Reid - NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen Predicting escape from climate change in wild bird populations Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky Join us and submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb #ornithology 🪶

🔈 #BOUasm26 KEYNOTE Robert J. Fletcher - University of Cambridge, UK Robert Fletcher Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom & Bluesky Join us and submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... ⏰ Abstract deadline: 27 Feb #ornithology 🪶

So excited about this line up! Still time to submit your abstract if you'd like to join us for a forward looking day of Avian biology (non-bird talks also welcome).

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 6mo ago

🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom ➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge) ➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent) ➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen) ➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC) Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

🔈 KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED #BOUasm26 Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 | York & Zoom ➡️ Robert J. Fletcher (Uni of Cambridge) ➡️ Stephen Pringle (Uni of Kent) ➡️ Jane Reid (NTNU & Uni of Aberdeen) ➡️ Paul Woodcock (JNCC) Join us! Submit your abstract now: bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Still time to submit your abstract - come and discuss the future of Avian biodiversity with us!

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 7mo ago

🔊 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now! bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Going to #BES2025 next week? Come along to our lunchtime workshop “Skill, impact, or trust? Building a holistic view of ecological forecast success” 17th December 2025! In the meantime, please let us know your thoughts on ecological forecast success here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...

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🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ? #BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Nominate via link ⬇️ bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Really excited about this conference where I am chairing the Scientific Programme Committee. Please submit your abstracts and join us to discuss the future of avian biodiversity (and our study of it).

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 8mo ago

🔊 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now! bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology

Missed out on #BOUasm25? There's more to come! UPCOMING BOU CONFERENCES ➡️ BIRDS AND PEOPLE #BOU2026 ➡️ AVIAN FUTURES #BOUasm26 ➡️ AVIAN DIESEASE ECOLOGY #BOU2027 More details here ➡️ bou.org.uk/conferenc... #BOUasm25 #ornithology

Are you involved in ecological forecasting or prediction in Europe? We’re mapping forecasting applications across the continent — from SDMs to observatories with predictive potential. Submit here 👉 euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/forecasting-... #EcologicalForecasting #EEFI #OpenScience

Second PhD alert: Advertising a second PhD alongside Amanda Lenzi (lead) and Finn Lindgren on: 'Forecasting nature’s calendar: Joint probabilistic models of phenology in space and time'. Also competition funded through the E5 DTP at Uni of Edinburgh. e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

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PhD advert alert! Come work with me at Edinburgh. I'm advertising a PhD on: "Predicting responses of birds to climate change", competition funded through the E5 DTP. Would suit those with an interest in predicting responses to climate change, birds, or both. e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

Please help shape this conference! If you, or someone you know, work on the future of birds or avian conservation or policy, please do nominate!

Alice Risely@alice-risely.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!

Avian futures | #BOUasm26 - British Ornithologists' Union

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We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in statistics to develop methods for analyzing large scale biodiversity and ecosystem function data at the University of Helsinki. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to do advanced Bayesian modeling with direct link to real world applications.

Research Centre For Ecological Change@rececochange.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team? We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years! Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us! DL 24.9. #universityofhelsinki

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING Don't miss your chance to submit an abstract for #BOU2026 Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | Uni of Nottingham & Zoom Talk, poster & Bluesky abstracts accepted Deadline 1 September bou.org.uk/event/bir... #ornithology 🪶

#BOU2026 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 💡 "Birds and People: Challenges and Opportunities of Coexistence" BOU invites submissions for talks, posters, and #bluesky presentations. Deadline 📅 1st September Submit your abstract: bou.org.uk/event/bir... #ornithology #abstracts

Really excited about this conference, coming Sept 2026. But now is your chance to shape our programme. Who would you like to see as a keynote? Get your nominations in by 30th Sept 2025.

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · last yr.

🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOUasm26 | Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOUasm26? Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/avi... Nomination deadline: 30 Sept 2025 #ornithology 🪶

🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOUasm26 | Avian futures | 29 Sept 2026 Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOUasm26? Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/avi... Nomination deadline: 30 Sept 2025 #ornithology 🪶

🔊 VACANCY Enjoy #theBOUblog? Join us as Blog Editor! You'll be responsible for sourcing, editing and publishing content on #theBOUblog & will receive an annual honorarium Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the... ⏰ Deadline: 29 August #ornithology 🪶

New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...